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Rebuilding the Liberty Narrative: A Conversation with Gordon Lloyd Jan 12, 2020

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There is nothing more arduous than the apprenticeship of liberty, Tocqueville informs. While equality in modern democratic society is a natural tendency—one that grows without much effort—it is liberty that requires a new defense in each generation. In this spirit the next edition of Liberty Law Talk discusses with Gordon Lloyd the Liberty Narrative and its unending contest with the Equality Narrative.

The Decline of Constitutional Morality: A Conversation with Bruce Frohnen Jan 12, 2020

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Is America in a constitutional crisis or is the country already post-constitutional and merely adjusting to a regime of quasi-law? Bruce Frohnen joins this edition of Liberty Law Talk to discuss this question and his latest book, coauthored with the late George Carey, Constitutional Morality and the Rise of Quasi-Law.

Liberal Democracy's Challenge to Freedom: A Conversation with Ryszard Legutko Jan 12, 2020

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The great Polish political theorist, anti-communist thinker and member of Solidarity, Minister of Education, Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the late President Lech Kaczynski, and Deputy Speaker of the Senate, and current member of the European Parliament, Ryszard Legutko, joins this edition of Liberty Law Talk to discuss his latest book, The Demon in Democracy.

Reviving Pluralism: A Conversation with John Inazu Jan 12, 2020

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John Inazu has emerged as one of the leading scholars on freedom of association and religious freedom. His earlier book, Liberty’s Refuge: The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly revived our understanding of the significance of freedom of association in American constitutional history. He joins us in this episode of Liberty Law Talk to discuss his latest book, Confident Pluralism on why we must rebuild both the legal and civic engagement aspects of a pluralist society.

America and the Word: A Conversation with Mark Noll Jan 12, 2020

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As the author of numerous influential histories of religion in America, Mark Noll is considered to be the master historian of this subject. In this edition of Liberty Law Talk, Mark Noll joins us to discuss his latest book, In the Beginning Was the Word. Noll describeshow the Bible shaped the foundation of public life in early America. He traces this influence directly in the Puritan biblical commonwealths in New England, to the narrow and intense Protestantism unleashed by the First Great Awakening, and the ways both Loyalists and independence-minded colonists used scripture during the Revolutionary War.

Regulatory Dark Matter: A Conversation with Wayne Crews Jan 12, 2020

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This interview with Wayne Crews explores the growing lawlessness in the administrative state’s exercise of its powers. This regulatory “dark matter” ignores the formal rule-making requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act that mandates publishing a notice of proposed rule-making and allowing public comment. Crews outlines how the agencies of the regulatory state are resorting to the exceptions of using “interpretative rules, general statements of policy, or rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice” to exert authority informally and without accountability.

The San Francisco Compromise: A Conversation with Michael Anton Jan 12, 2020

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This conversation with Michael Anton explores how the gargantuan wealth of Silicon Valley allied with San Francisco Progressivism and is now redefining American culture and politics. But how durable is the alliance?

A Decentralizing Remedy for the Diseases of a Fractured Republic: A Conversation with Yuval Levin Jan 12, 2020

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This edition of Liberty Law Talk welcomes back Yuval Levin to discuss his latest book, The Fractured Republic. Levin notes that our decentralizing republic, as observed in the decades long trends in social, economic, religious, and cultural diffusion, provides both opportunities and difficulties. America’s ongoing deconsolidation from a nearly unprecedented period of national cohesion after World War II has led to numerous benefits for individual freedom and economic prosperity. However, if we are more free than ever, we may also be more alone than ever and bereft of the contexts for a responsible freedom and citizenship.

And this has sparked a politics of nostalgia on both the Right and the Left with each group desiring to remake what has been lost from mid-century America. Or, as one boor continually observes, “Make American Great Again.” To these challenges, Levin addresses a series of local and personalist ideas and remedies that rely on our decentralized condition in an attempt to develop a future consensus for policies rooted in who we have become rather than a politics of nostalgia.

The Secret Lives of Right-Wing Professors: A Conversation with Joshua Dunn Jan 12, 2020

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This next edition of Liberty Law Talk is a conversation with Joshua Dunn on a new book that he has co-authored with Jon Shields entitled Passing on the Right. Dunn and Shields interviewed 153 professors across a range of disciplines who consider themselves conservatives and libertarians. Their findings paint a more moderate position on the types of challenges conservative academics face compared to much conventional thinking on this subject. Evidence that they are the victims of a systematic campaign of exclusion and persecution doesn’t seem to exist. What does seem to exist is a host of other problems that must be carefully navigated. For example, many interviewees report self-censoring their comments and publications in various ways in order to receive tenure or other opportunities. But Dunn also reports that conservatives in the academy have found ways to get hired, obtain tenure, and thrive.

Congress as the Guardian of Individual Rights: A Conversation with Louis Fisher Jan 12, 2020

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This episode of Liberty Law Talk is a conversation with congressional scholar Louis Fisher on his recent book, Congress: Protecting Individual Rights. Fisher argues that contrary to popular belief, Congress, not the Court, has been the foremost champion in protecting the rights of racial minorities, children, Native Americans, and religious liberties.

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